American Sniper Impact On Society

Introduction

Various lasting impacts on individuals is not only portrayed through war, it is portrayed through many other tragic events that go on in today's society. The consequences of a negative event can have 3rd party effects on people. In the film ‘American Sniper’ directed by clint eastwood. An important theme is that war is always a tragedy and has various lasting impacts on individuals. This means that important events that happen in your life stay with you and impact on the things you do. You can't really stop it from happening to you because it was to big of a tragedy to forget or move on from. In this essay i will be discussing two scenes which show how war is always a tragedy and has various lasting impacts on individuals. I will
This scene really does show how war is always a tragedy and has various lasting impacts on individuals. Not only did he kill a woman and child this was his first confirmed kill while in the war. This scene starts off with a Man on the phone calling someone looking dodgy. He look very suspicious as he keeps looking around nervously then quickly runs off. Then chris kyle sees the child and women. This shows how dodgy it was. It was just before the women and child had an explosive. And chris kyle needed confirmation but they told him the choice was his and he had to make the right decision. Then there was a Point of view shot of a woman and child. Looking down on them. The women and child To show their carrying something. But chris kyle isn't sure first the woman is carrying something under her clothes and then passes it to the little boy. Then the little boy starts running towards the tank and chris kyle shoots him. There was a Close up of his finger on the trigger. This Shows how he’s hesitating whether or not to pull the trigger. And if he’s gonna make the right decision because if he made the wrong decision he would be sent away for killing an innocent.As his friend said “They fry you if you’re wrong. Send your ass to Leavenworth.” During this scene there was there was a shot of Chris kyle's face before shooting the women and child. During this shot all you could hear was The sound of him breathing just before he shot the women and child. This show how the situation he’s in is really stressful and the tension and hesitation is building up and he's trying to focus and be in control but it's too much. Finally there was a Mid shot of chris kyle and his friend after he killed the women and kid. This shot really showed how it affected him because After he had killed the women and child chris kyle was in shock and really didn't know how to respond. His friend